On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape.

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming, thanks to an irrigation system that offers previously unthinkable precision.

CALIPATRIA, Calif. — It was 111 degrees when Mark McBroom stepped from his air-conditioned pickup and onto a dry alfalfa field. Remnants of desiccated hay crunched underfoot, and the sun-baked soil ...

LINCOLN (AP) - Rain last week stopped haying and irrigation in many parts of eastern Nebraska, and the lack of time to dry has lowered hay quality, the National Agricultural Statistics Service said in ...